EasyJet Holding Pool
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From: Around the block
According to latest rumours from the management is that EZY might start with seasonal contracts for flight crew, more contracted pilots and for the few remaining slots some summer commands. Great news for all F/Os within Ezy group.
There will be other things that the crew will have to give up during these tough times, but BALPA are now negotiating with the orange for a settlement in all these questions. I am sure BALPA will do their utmost and agree to everything.
Summer commands. Seasonal contracts. More contracts to the LHS.
Time to start looking for a new job. Unfortunaly I dont think there is any other jobs out there. For the moment.
There will be other things that the crew will have to give up during these tough times, but BALPA are now negotiating with the orange for a settlement in all these questions. I am sure BALPA will do their utmost and agree to everything.
Summer commands. Seasonal contracts. More contracts to the LHS.
Time to start looking for a new job. Unfortunaly I dont think there is any other jobs out there. For the moment.
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From: UK
but I guess that will be the cost effective CTC cadets at the moment.
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From: EU
Rosco,
Actually Clara and the other ATP guys are cheaper as they paid £35000 for type rating and line training. In fact they flew for free
I have read an internal document about a year ago stating that Direct entry pilots and CTC recruiting is going to be kept at an absolute minimum and focusing primarily on TRSS as it is the the cheapest way for EZY.
Anyway that document was from before they took in these ATP selffunded guys which I believe has been permanently stopped.
But going back to the holding pool; I think you will be swimming for a good time and unless you don't want to join as TRSS, I think you will be swimming there forever
Actually Clara and the other ATP guys are cheaper as they paid £35000 for type rating and line training. In fact they flew for free
I have read an internal document about a year ago stating that Direct entry pilots and CTC recruiting is going to be kept at an absolute minimum and focusing primarily on TRSS as it is the the cheapest way for EZY.
Anyway that document was from before they took in these ATP selffunded guys which I believe has been permanently stopped.
But going back to the holding pool; I think you will be swimming for a good time and unless you don't want to join as TRSS, I think you will be swimming there forever
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From: EUROPE
[QUOTE]But going back to the holding pool; I think you will be swimming for a good time and unless you don't want to join as TRSS, I think you will be swimming there forever 
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So for a dep too? with A320 trating and more than 3000 hours???? no impossible
it s christmas soon so i would like to join the team and leave the pool
please santa claus
[QUOTE]So for a dep too? with A320 trating and more than 3000 hours???? no impossible
it s christmas soon so i would like to join the team and leave the pool
please santa claus
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From: 'An Airfield Somewhere in England'
Some confusion here. To those that may not understand, there are 2 different schemes under discussion here. CTC provides cadets to various companies via 2 different schemes - an an-initio sheme taking about 18 months including basic flying training in New Zealand and their ATP scheme which involves newly qualified but inexperienced pilots getting a type-rating and some other training. Both get placed with partner airlines like easyJet for 6 months and historically always got permanent jobs if they were up to scratch. Recently easyJet departed from that and binned over 20 good people at the end of their 6 months to save money. Nonetheless, I understand that easyJet has an ongoing contract to provide 6 months' flying to other CTC pilots who will come along as and when we can take them. They may or may not get permanent jobs some time in the future - a terrible state of affairs but those are the bare facts.
Over and above that, an easyJet Training Captain runs a different scheme whereby newly qualified pilots turn up with £32k and easyJet (among others) provide a type-rating and give them 150 hours line training but no job at the end of it. Confusingly, this is also called 'The ATP Scheme' but is nothing to do with CTC. By 'mutual agreement' easyJet's contract with that scheme was cancelled last week. There will be no further pilots undertaking line training at easyJet from that scheme but easyJet will finish the training of all ATP pilots already in the system
Over and above that, an easyJet Training Captain runs a different scheme whereby newly qualified pilots turn up with £32k and easyJet (among others) provide a type-rating and give them 150 hours line training but no job at the end of it. Confusingly, this is also called 'The ATP Scheme' but is nothing to do with CTC. By 'mutual agreement' easyJet's contract with that scheme was cancelled last week. There will be no further pilots undertaking line training at easyJet from that scheme but easyJet will finish the training of all ATP pilots already in the system
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From: peoples republic of EU
JPHIL much as it pains me to say it, you are exactly what they don't want. A DEP with a rating costs DEP money and a full time contract. For the forseeable, all that is required in H89 is cheap labour. This will come back and haunt them (it always does) but I would say they'll get away with it for at least 18 months 
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From: UK
the salary is not that important. I would even accept to fly for free for the first 6 months, just because I love this job and I want to keep beiing current.
Maybe you should work as a volunteer for oxfam or something?
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From: Somerset England
Step aside Clara and make way for someone who DOES want decent terms and conditions and a decent salary at the end of every month. Flying for free for 6 months please go talk to yourself in the corner and come back when you have ******* grown up, its the likes of you that are causing conditions to slip for the rest of us 
Oh and my guess is that to join the TRSS you would have to pay all over again!
TRSS are paid exactly the same, £5000 a year is paid on top of the reduced salary to fund the rating bought from CTC.
Oh and my guess is that to join the TRSS you would have to pay all over again!
TRSS are paid exactly the same, £5000 a year is paid on top of the reduced salary to fund the rating bought from CTC.
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From: UK
Clara why don't you **** off and stop ruining the terms and conditions of all the professional pilots out there. If you want to play at it for free - go and do it somewhere else. Maybe buy your own aircraft. But for god's sake, no more voluntary work cr*p on here - I can only echo the previous comment about Oxfam.